Live incidentLane closureNational Highways
M6 southbound lane closure between J22 and J21A, live incident, started Mon 28 Sep, 05:34
- Road
- M6
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J22 to J21A
- Started
- Mon 28 Sep, 05:34
- Category
- Incident
M6 southbound lane closure between J42 and J41, 27 Sep 2026
Active roadworks
This roadworks closure on the M6 is in force now. It started at 20:00 on Sun 27 Sep and is expected to clear at 20:00 on Mon 28 Sep.
Last updated by National Highways at 06:52 on Monday 28 September 2026.
Closure details and map
- Status
- Active roadworks
- Closure type
- Lane closure
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Road
- M6
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J42 to J41
- Location
- M6 southbound between J42 and J41
- Lanes
- 1 of 4 lanes closed
- Started
- 20:00 on Sunday 27 September 2026
- Expected to clear
- 20:00 on Monday 28 September 2026
- Details
- M6 Northbound and Southbound Jct 41 to 42 Lane 3 closure (Mp 465/6 - 470/4)
- Source
- National Highways
- Last updated by the source
- 06:52 on Monday 28 September 2026
Map of the M6 southbound lane closure between J42 and J41
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- Active roadworks
Other M6 closures and crash records
17 other closures are in force on the M6 right now, and 188 more are planned in the next 7 days.
The M6 accident statistics from 1979 to 2025 record 36,370 collisions on the road, 1,017 of them fatal.
- Active roadworksLane closureNational Highways
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- Road
- M6
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J45 to J44
- Started
- Mon 28 Sep, 04:00
- Expected to clear
- Mon 28 Sep, 20:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
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- Road
- M6
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J35 to J36
- Started
- Mon 14 Sep, 19:00
- Expected to clear
- Sat 28 Nov, 06:00
- Category
- Construction Work
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- Road
- M42 and M6
- Direction
- Both directions
- Junctions
- J4A
- Started
- Mon 7 Sep, 05:00
- Expected to clear
- Mon 5 Oct, 05:00
- Category
- Construction Work
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- Road
- M6
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J40 to J39
- Started
- Fri 28 Aug, 06:00
- Expected to clear
- Fri 13 Nov, 20:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
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- Road
- M6
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J40
- Started
- Mon 24 Aug, 06:00
- Expected to clear
- Fri 13 Nov, 20:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance